Yes, sounds like a heater hose blew out on you? I'll be sure to check all the hoses, and maybe replace that fan blade too. Thanks to your friendly reminder. That's the thing with "not new/near new" cars is all the "wear items" do just that. I'm absolutely sure the lady doctor I bought the car from never pushed the throttle very hard. So now all the stuff that is questionable is coming to light. But it's cool, all family/friends/me especially love the car. The first BMW I bought in the early 2000's was a hi mileage '95 540i. That was a car that did everything well. So, when it got almost 300,000 miles on it, picked up the very low mileage '98 740il. Thanks for the reply/info!